A Lasting Prophetic Legacy
Author | : Thomas Mulhall |
Publisher | : Wipf and Stock Publishers |
Total Pages | : 269 |
Release | : 2014-02-20 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781630873424 |
ISBN-13 | : 163087342X |
Rating | : 4/5 (42X Downloads) |
Download or read book A Lasting Prophetic Legacy written by Thomas Mulhall and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2014-02-20 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Martin Luther King Jr. is widely viewed as an American civil rights leader who applied principled and situational nonviolence in efforts to eradicate racism, poverty, and violence in the United States in the 1950s and 60s. It is too often forgotten that he was also a self-proclaimed "world citizen" with a global vision, and that he envisioned the advance of globalization long before most of his contemporaries. This book exposes the global King who united in spirit and practice with other world leaders and representatives of the World Council of Churches to promulgate enduring peace and human community. It brings us to a new appreciation of the global King and explains how he continues to inform our understanding of what it means to live and function in the "world house."